Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Apalis
- eBird Code
- batapa2
Vocalizations
Subspecies (18)
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Apalis thoracica arnoldi
eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique
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Apalis thoracica capensis
southwestern South Africa (southern coastal plain of Western Cape)
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Apalis thoracica claudei
southwestern South Africa (Western Cape eastward to western Eastern Cape)
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Apalis thoracica drakensbergensis
South Africa (Drakensberg Mountains to western Eswatini)
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Apalis thoracica flaviventris
southeastern Botswana and adjacent South Africa
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Apalis thoracica griseiceps
southeastern Kenya (Chyulu Hills) and highlands of Tanzania
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Apalis thoracica griseopyga
southwestern South Africa (western coastal plain of Western Cape)
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Apalis thoracica lebomboensis
Lebombo Mountains (border of Eswatini, southern Mozambique, and northeastern South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal)
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Apalis thoracica murina
northeastern Tanzania to northern Malawi and adjacent Zambia
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Apalis thoracica pareensis
northern Tanzania (South Pare Mountains)
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Apalis thoracica quarta
northeastern Zimbabwe (Mount Nyangani) and Mozambique (Mount Gorongoza)
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Apalis thoracica rhodesiae
Zimbabwe plateau and northeastern Botswana
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Apalis thoracica spelonkensis
northeastern South Africa (Limpopo and northern Mpumalanga)
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Apalis thoracica thoracica
southeastern South Africa (Eastern Cape from the Great Kei River and to Gamtoos River)
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Apalis thoracica uluguru
northeastern Tanzania (Uluguru Mountains)
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Apalis thoracica venusta
KwaZulu-Natal to eastern Griqualand and Great Kei River
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Apalis thoracica whitei
eastern Zambia to southern Malawi and adjacent Mozambique (Zobue)
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Apalis thoracica youngi
southwestern Tanzania to northeastern Malawi and adjacent Zambia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.